Sorrow Everywhere9/15/2009 9:34:39 AMAll Around MeWe all have our own burdens to bear. I have mine, you have yours. Every once in a while (usually when things get unbearable) we find a way to open our hearts to each other and share the load.

Today has been an unusual day. Things in my own life, things in the lives of several friends I love, all happening at once. I feel shell shocked and barely able to breathe.

Relationships breaking apart, loved ones sick or dying, hearts hurting for the pain and impossible situations of those they love, grief for those who are no longer with us; this is life. This a part of life but it never gets easier to see those we care about suffering physically or emotionally. How to rise above it, I don't know. Maybe we aren't meant to always rise above it. Maybe it's part of the plan to feel it all, as deeply as if it belonged to us. Feel it enough to pray until some of the burdens get lifted. I don't know, I know so little for having lived so long.

I do know that darkness must eventually give way to light and yes, this too shall pass.